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ALGECIRAS, Spain – In an INTERPOL-supported operation in Spain targeting the trafficking of stolen vehicles, nearly 20 vehicles were recovered and some 15 individuals arrested.&nbsp;Led by the Spanish National Police, Operation Paso del Estrecho (which means ‘crossing the straits’), was conducted from 28 July to 1 August at the port of Algeciras in southe...

LYON, France – A key member of the Pink Panthers gang, wanted via INTERPOL in connection with a number of high-value jewellery robberies around the world, has been arrested by Spanish police.Borko Ilincic is the subject of an INTERPOL Red Notice, or international wanted persons alert, issued at the request of the United Arab Emirates for the 2007 Wafi Mal...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – In operations targeting the distribution of child sexual abuse materials primarily in Latin America, law enforcement authorities have arrested or placed under investigation 100 individuals and seized thousands of computers and other equipment containing images or videos of abuse.Coordinated by INTERPOL via its Regional Bureau in...

LYON, France – Enhancing international law enforcement cooperation through increased support for training activities benefiting INTERPOL and its member countries was the focus of talks between Spain’s Director General of Police, Ignacio Cosido Gutierrez, and INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble at the world police body’s General Secretariat headqua...

MADRID, Spain – An agreement between the Conference of Ministers of Justice of Ibero-American Countries (COMJIB), encompassing the Ibero-American Network of International Judicial Cooperation (IberRed), and INTERPOL has been signed to promote judicial and police cooperation at the national, regional and international levels.The Memorandum of Understanding...

MADRID, Spain – Nearly 80 people have been arrested across Spain and some EUR 10 million seized in an operation to break up criminal networks of Chinese origin involved in money laundering and other financial crimes.Operation Emperador, organized by the Spanish police with support from INTERPOL, saw more than 120 raids carried out on industrial zones, car...

LYON, France – The suspected mastermind behind a global car smuggling ring, estimated to have trafficked luxury and sports vehicles worth around EUR 6 million since 2009, has been arrested following an INTERPOL-coordinated operation.The Russian national was taken into custody in Venice, Italy following INTERPOL’s Operation Eastbound which coordinated the...

LYON, France – A Romanian national who is the subject of an INTERPOL ﻿Red Notice for internationally-wanted persons has been arrested in Spain following close collaboration between INTERPOL’s National Central Bureaus in Romania and Spain and INTERPOL’s Fugitive Investigative Support (FIS) unit at its General Secretariat headquarters.Ioan Clamparu, aged 42...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – An INTERPOL operation targeting 207 internationally-wanted fugitives wanted for serious crimes including murder, kidnapping, organized crime and child sexual abuse believed to be hiding in South America has led to arrests across the continent and new investigative leads established for almost a quarter.Investigative leads develop...

LYON, France – A man wanted in connection with the murder of a British woman in May 2010 has been arrested in Spain following an international investigation involving Spanish, UK and French police and INTERPOL’s Fugitive Investigative Support unit at its General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon.David Baxendale was taken into custody in Fuengirola on the C...

An international week of action targeting the online sale of counterfeit and illicit medicines has resulted in a series of arrests and the seizure of thousands of potentially harmful medical products.In response to an ever-increasing number of websites supplying dangerous and illegal medicines, Operation Pangea II involving 24 countries was co-ordinated b...

LYON, France – The actions of Spanish law enforcement authorities in arresting 121 people in the country's biggest-ever operation against child sex abuse on the Internet have been praised by INTERPOL, the world’s largest police organization.The arrests, made as part of Operation Carousel over the past seven days, were part of a long-term international ope...